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CAD Files to Client at Handover?

  • 01-05-2013 02:29PM
    #1
    Tim76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 955 ✭✭✭


    Hi there,

    Can anyone advise if the client is entitled to an AutoCAD copy of the drawing files at handover stage?

    I have no problem issuing hard copies and PDFs but I would be a bit worried that my CAD files could be modified/reused at a later stage and any implications that might have.

    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    sinnerboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭sinnerboy


    Send them in DWF format ?


  • #3
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Tim76 wrote: »
    Can anyone advise if the client is entitled to an AutoCAD copy of the drawing files at handover stage?
    They are entitled to what ever you have agreed. If they employed you to do drawings and provide them in PDF and DWF format, then that's what they are entitled to. On the other hand, if the service was something else, they might not be. There's no rules here imo.
    sinnerboy wrote: »
    Send them in DWF format ?

    I think they can still be converted back, with little loss of information.


  • #4
    sinnerboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭sinnerboy


    Yes but DWF is an electronic snapshot. So in the event of a later dispute as to the content you do have a record.

    PDF files offer limited protection to the originator too as there are programs which can convert them to DXF


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